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The surgical correction of facial and neck deformities due to fat, platysma muscle bands, or a combination of these deformities along with sagging of all facial and neck tissue can be satisfactorily corrected by platysma muscle flap surgery and excision of selected areas of facial and neck fatty deposits. A knowledge of the anatomy of the face and neck is necessary in order to make an accurate diagnosis of the anatomic causes and to execute appropriate and safe surgical correction of the deformities.
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Round-table presentation for the VIIth International Congress of Plastic Surgery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 20–25, 1979.
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Connell, B.F. Surgical technique of cervical lift and facial lipectomy. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 5, 43–50 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01981681
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01981681